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Old 11-19-2012, 09:58 AM
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Default RE: Who Sells More Transmitters

I honestly don't know what the future holds for JR, I have my doubts that brand will be around much longer. I've been a "JR guy" for 17 years.

Why you ask? JR was strong in North America because of the strength of it's distributor: Horizon Hobby. Now that Horizon has changed it's focus to it's own brand "Spektrum" we've already seen a big change in market share.

Also, JR has lost it's biggest partner in Europe: Graupner. All Graupner radio's are now manufactured by SJ Propo in Korea formerly manufactured by JR. . So, JR has virtually lost both the NA and European markets in a very short time frame. Couple that with the late launch of their own 2.4 modulation system, I don't think it spells very good things for the future of JR. Maybe the Asian market is big enough to support the brand?

Mike